Week of October 11-15

Advanced English
The Unit 19 Test will be on Wednesday, Thursday, or
Friday- depending on progress during the review.
Students should know their rules and be able to
apply them.
DOL Week 7 test will be on Friday. Students should
write and study sentences each night.

English
The Unit 19 Test is planned for Friday,
October 15, 2004, depending on the progress
during the review. If I don't feel that they are
ready, I will put the test off until next week.
Students should know their rules and be able to
apply them.
DOL Week 7 test is planned for Thursday,
October 14, 2004. Students should write
and study sentences each night.

Homework
Week of October 4- October 8
All classes
DOL Week 6-
Write and study sentences each night. Test on
Friday.

Advanced English
Comma test on Tuesday covering all 13 rules

English
Comma test on Thursday covering all 13 rules

Comma Rules
1. To separate three or more items in a series
(We had soup, crackers, and milk.)
2. To show a pause after an introductory word
(Yes, you may go to the fair.)
3. After two or more prepositional phrases at the beginning of a sentence
(In the first part of class, we will review.)
4. To set off interruptions (appositives)
( Sue, the girl next door, likes to draw.)
5. To set off names of direct address
(Mom, do I really have to go?)
6. Compound sentences ( and or but)
7. Salutation of friendly letters and closing of
friendly and business letters
8. To prevent misreading
9. Between the day if the week and month (Friday,
October 1) and between the day /the
year/ the sentence (On October 1, 2004, we will
take a test.) Date rule
10. To separate city from state/country and state
from the rest of the sentence. City state
rule.
11. Abbreviated titles after a name
Sally Ride, Ph.D.)
12. Too when too means also. (She, too, is late.
She is late, too.)
13. Direct quotations (inside closing- outside
opening)

Friday, October 1, 2004
All classes
DOL Week 5 test on Friday- Study sentences

Advanced English classes will be tested on all 8 rules on Friday. Be prepared to list the rule and apply the rule in sentences.

Regular English classes will be tested on the first five rules on Friday. Be prepared to list the rule and apply the rule in sentences.

Comma Rules
1. To separate three or more items in a series
(We had soup, crackers, and milk.)
2. To show a pause after an introductory word
(Yes, you may go to the fair.)
3. After two or more prepositional phrases at the beginning of a sentence
(In the first part of class, we will review.)
4. To set off interruptions (appositives)
( Sue, the girl next door, likes to draw.)
5. To set off names of direct address
(Mom, do I really have to go?)
6. Compound sentences ( and or but)
7. Salutation of friendly letters and closing of friendly and business letters
8. To prevent misreading

Week of September 27- October 1
We are finishing our "Folder Animal Research" project this week. Ask your child if he/she has finished typing their rough draft. My hope is that this project will make research techniques easier during the SS Fair.

English/ Advanced English
DOL Week 5- write and study corrected sentences each night. Test on Friday.

Unit 19 Punctuation-
Study the rules that we practice each day. Your child has a study guide in his/her binder.

Week of September 20-24, 2004
This week we will be working on a research project called "folder research." Your child will do all work in class. There will be three grades given for this project. The first grade will be a participation grade. The other grades will come form the research folder and the completed paper. Your child will be researching an animal. This project is intended to enhance the Social Studies Fair that is coming up soon. We will research, complete note cards, source cards, write a rough draft and a final draft.

Notes taken on Monday:
RESEARCH

THESIS STATEMENT: states the purpose of the research
study.
INTRODUCTION: grabs the reader's attention. Use
startling information or a story that
illustrates a point.
BODY: The paper is written using your note cards.
You should have at least one paragraph for each
topic.
CONCLUSION: brings closure by summing up your points-
do not restate the points exactly as they
are in your body.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: identifies the sources used for
information.

OUTLINE:
Name of animal
I. Food
II. Social behavior
III. Reproduction
IV. Enemies
V. Habitat

You must have at least three sources.
a book, an encyclopedia, and an on line source

NOTE CARDS
Heading- use one of your topics for the heading.

Written in your own words:
brief information
a main idea
facts or statistics

The source:
should be written in the bottom right-hand corner
(author's last name and page number)

Your initials in the upper right corner

BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS
Every source will have a bibliography card.

Title of source
Author's name
Publisher
Copyright year/ Date published
Place of publication
page numbers
original source(on line)
Database used(on line)

Tuesday and Wednesday- we will be in the library completing research.
Thursday- we will write the rough draft.
Friday- we will go to computer lab to type the final draft.

I hope that your child will use his/her time wisely, and that this will be a positive learning experience.

Week of September 13- 17
Monday, September 13- we will be in the library- no homework.

Tuesday- Friday
English
DOL Week 4- Write and study DOL sentences each night-Test on Friday.
Complete unit of capitalization- Test on Thursday.

Advanced English
DOL Week 4- Write and study DOL sentences each night-Test on Friday.
Prepositions- Make sure you turn in your
preposition poster. We will be memorizing
prepositions. We will have a test on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday. YOU MUST memorize the
prepositions.

Week of September 7-10
English
DOL Week 3 Write and study sentences each night. Test on Friday.
Study capitalization rules- We will have a test on capitalization next week.

Advanced English
DOL Week 3 Write and study sentences each night. Test on Friday.
Study capitalization rules- We will have a test on capitalization on Thursday.

Advanced English
DOL Week 2- Write and study sentences each night. Test on Friday.
Capitalization Rules- Study.

English
DOL Week 2- Write and study sentences each night. Test on Friday.
We will finish our unit on sentences. We will begin capitalization rules.

Advanced English
DOL Week 1 Daily correction of sentences. Write corrected sentences each day. Study for test on Friday.
Sentences- Study notes. Text book pages 262-269. Workbook pages 47-54. Test Friday on kinds of sentences, fragments, finding subject and predicate parts of a sentence.


English
DOL Week 1 Daily correction of sentences. Write corrected sentences each day. Study for test on Friday.
Sentences- Study notes. Text book pages 262-266. Workbook pages 47-52. We will have a test early next week on kinds of sentences.

Homework
Advanced English/Spelling
This week we will be finishing writing assignments from last week. We will begin a poetry unit on Tuesday. Students will have very little homework if they complete their class assignments.
DOL Week 30/31 Test will be next week (May 11).
Homework will be to write and study sentences each night.
Spelling will be Lesson 24. Write words 4x's on Monday, 3x's on Tuesday, and complete worksheet page 57-58. Test will be on Thursday.

English/Spelling
This week we will begin a poetry unit and go on to a writing unit next week. Students will have very little homework if they complete their class assignments.
DOL Week 30/31 Test will be next week (May 11).
Homework will be to write and study sentences each night.
Spelling will be Unit 31. Write words 4x's each on Monday and 3x's each on Tuesday. Test will be Thursday.